Kuwait City: The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber, issued an order to dissolve the parliament that was elected in June last year.
According to the international news agency, a government crisis has arisen once again in Kuwait, a country suffering from political instability. The members of the assembly boycotted the meeting while the negotiations between the cabinet and the members of the assembly could not take place.
Before the boycott of the meeting, the members of the assembly made strong speeches in which the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Emir of Kuwait were also criticized. The cabinet termed these remarks as an insult to the Amir.
Differences between the assembly elected in the middle of last year and the cabinet appointed by the royal family began to emerge from day one, and negotiations to resolve the disagreements have been stalled for a long time.
On this deadlock, the prime minister proposed the dissolution of the parliament, which was approved by the cabinet, and now the Emir of Kuwait also issued a royal decree confirming it.
The royal decree of the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber, said that the reason for dissolving the parliament was the aggressive and uncontrolled statements of the members of the assembly, which led to chaos.
The new Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber, who assumed office in December after the death of his predecessor, in his first address to parliament, rebuked the parliament and cabinet for failing to fulfill their national responsibilities and harming the interests of the state and its people. was accused.
It should be remembered that since 1962, Kuwait’s ruling family, Ali Al-Sabah, has always been in disagreement and deadlock between the members of the assembly elected by the cabinet appointed every time.
This is not the first time in oil-rich Kuwait that the parliament has been dissolved by an emir. The same was done in 2022 and 2023. This is the third year in a row that Parliament has been dissolved.
